Three experts presented research on brain development and the return on early investment to a packed room of legislators, aides, policymakers, and state staff. The event was the 32nd Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar on January 22, 2014 in the Capitol.
Art Rolnick, former Senior Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, talked about the remarkable return on investment from early childhood development programs.
Pat Levitt, a distinguished professor of neuroscience, psychiatry, and pharmacy at the University of Southern California, discussed toxic stress in young children and its impact on the brain, early learning and health.
Dave Riley (filling in for Katherine Magnuson), professor of human ecology at UW and an early childhood education specialist, talked about programs that work in Wisconsin.
All three experts strongly agreed that what happens in the first five years has extraordinary impact of a child’s learning and development.
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